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Also I give away books so I want to see what they like and whether I have something for them.

Very common for YouTubers to arrange their books with certain ones facing the camera, eg, turned sideways on the shelf behind them., and I can't help but always notice those and think about why they picked them.

When I first got to NYC from LA, I was happily surprised to see everyone on the subway reading and I would kind of survey what they were reading.

Just missed a train one morning so I knew I had about 10 minutes to wait for the next one. A person who I assume was unhoused, approached me and I thought he was going to ask for money. No. He holds up a book and asks "Do you know what this term refers to?"

His finger pointed to the name "Icarus" in the title of the book. I told him about the flying too close to the sun and wings melting and he told me how that fit into the character in the book. We talked until the next train came in.